Talk:An Instance of the Fingerpost

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Pears presents multiple points of view with their attendent divergent (mis)interpretations, showing how they can be simultaneously true in part and misleading in the whole. Another multiple mystery from multiple characters is Peter Mathieson's Killing Mr. Watson series.

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Holy mother of way-too-much info - the vast vast majority of this article is a discussion, ad naseum, of a particular quote. High priority should be placed on beating this beast back.Dxco 04:45, 2 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what the above means but this fine book deserves a better article. Xxanthippe 22:35, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the former comment. Most of this article is relevant to Bacon. That said it is a fine book on a grand scale. I'm involved in another mystery that reminds me of this, certainly in scale, " Sacred Games" by Chandra.Bostoneire (talk) 15:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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While I think the title of the book may be based on the quote shown, I don't think it's correct to say that the title is an abbreviated version of the quote, i.e. "The quote, however, is much abbreviated, with no ellipsis showing the omissions." The first line in the actual quote reads "Among Prerogative Instances I will put in the fourteenth place Instances of the Fingerpost..."; the title is simply referring to one of these such instances of the fingerpost, alluding to Bacon, but not quoting him directly. 69.94.184.223 (talk) 14:42, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You missed it. He's referring to the sectional epigraphs. -LlywelynII (talk) 04:52, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]